Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



WILLIAM H. woouwomu.

lm prov em e n t insp ring BedBottoms.

Patented 0ct.17,1871.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM H. WOODWORTH, OF PEWAMO, MIGHIGAN.'

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM H. Woonwonrn,

of Pewamo, in the county of Ionia and State of Michigan, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Spring Bed-Bottoms 5 and I do declare thatthe following is a true and accurate description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figurel is a perspective view, showing the application of my improvement, andFig. 2 is a section of the same on the line as a; in Fig. 1.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in that class ofspring bed-bottoms wherein elastic Wooden slats are suspended from theend or side rails of the bedstead by means of elastic webbing; and itconsists in a new and peculiar means for fastening the ends of the webs,whether single or double, to the slats and rails, as more fullyhereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A represents a portion of an end or side rail which issecured to the inner sides of ends or sides of the bedstead, and B is anend of a wooden slat suspended therefrom by means of an elastic web, 0;and here I wish to disclaim the invention of any of the foregoing parts,the object of my invention being to afford a better means of securingthe ends of the webs to the rails and slats. Near each end of the slat Ibore a hole transversely through, in the direction of its width, toreceive a pin, D, and then cut in the slat a tangential slot, a, whoselength equals the width of the web, to bisect a portion of the holethrough the slat. This slot should be just wide enough to pass thewebbing, whose lower end should be turned or hemmed, as shown in Fig. 2,when it is secured in the slot by driving the pin through the hole,which wedges the web fast. To secure the other end of the web to therail a rectangular mortise, b, is cut in the rail, the end of the webinserted therein, and secured by driving in a wedge-like block, E, asshown. The mortise need not extend through the rail, but a hole shouldbe bored through at the center in order to drive out the wedge whenevernecessary to renew the webbing, which is also disconnected from the slatby driving out the pin. In this way a strong and durable fastening ishad without weakening the webbing by nails or screws, and has the meritof being perfectly noiseless in use.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination and arrangement, in a spring bed-bottom, of a series ofslats, B, suspended from the rails A by elastic webs 0, when said websare secured to the rails and slats in the manner herein described,shown, and set forth.

WILLIAM H. WVOODWORTH. Witnesses:

L. HUNGERFORD,

A. E. LTTDWIOK. (62)

